Ten Car Features That Need To Come Back From The Dead

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These features made cars better back in the day, and we want them back!


10.) Hidden Gas Fillers

What can you do about the lack of hidden fillers? Get a five-door Focus and start showing off!

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9.) Roll Down Tailgate Windows

If Toyota could do it, so can others!

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8.) Gated Shifters

Modern manuals are accurate enough to make sure you don't miss those gears, but these cost almost nothing and make all the difference.

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7.) Wild Interior Colors

Cadillac's latest interiors are getting really nice, but they should look back a bit and accept that this is the way to do it. And how about...

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6.) Disappearing Power Tailgate

We can have power everything nowadays. So why not this?

Suggested By: Captain Pedantic, AWAY!


5.) Hand Crank Sunroof

Simple, light, efficient, reliable. Clever.

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4.) Body Side Moldings

They served a purpose and made no harm. Just ask this guy!

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3.) Vent Windows

The fact is that these could make a comeback even in the age of our super safe A-pillars. A switched off A/C safes lots of fuel.

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2.) Rebuildable Parts

It's not just that it's so much easier and cheaper to mass-produce parts that never can be fixed. Here's a story on why a rebuildable alternator was a great idea even if car makers want you to buy a whole new part now every time some small replaceable part wears out.

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Also, having a car that you yourself fix makes you feel better.

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1.) Pop Up Headlamps

Aerodynamics and pedestrian safety? I DON'T CARE. Pop up headlights are my heroin, and I'm sorry to fail you again, holy logic!

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